Verdicts & Settlements

The plaintiff was struck by a car on May 16, 2010, around 1:00 a.m. in the driveway of the defendant’s townhouse in Virginia Beach. The plaintiff and other friends and family members of the defendant were standing in front of ...

Plaintiff’s vehicle was struck by defendant, who was driving with a .20 blood alcohol level. Plaintiff sought emergency room treatment for neck discomfort but was not X-rayed and no medication was given. The plaintiff next followed up with his primary ...

The defendant stopped short while driving in front of the plaintiff in an episode of road rage, causing the plaintiff to rear-end the defendant. While stopped at a red traffic light prior to the accident, the defendant, an adult male, ...

The plaintiff, a tractor-trailer driver from Virginia, was making a delivery of rolls of plastic film to a company located in Texas. The forklift operator that unloaded the delivery wanted to redistribute the cargo load in the back of the ...

Decedent was a 76-year-old female pedestrian crossing a private road at its intersection with Rio Road in Albemarle County. There was no marked crosswalk, but there was a curb cutout where the decedent entered the road. The defendant was stopped ...

Plaintiff, age 69, suffered a severe stroke, resulting in left-side hemiparesis. She underwent rehabilitation at Sentara Norfolk General for six weeks, and then was discharged and transferred to the defendant nursing home for further rehabilitation. On admission, she was placed ...

On June 23, 2011, the plaintiff and the defendant were both driving northbound on I-85 in Petersburg. Traffic slowed down substantially, and the plaintiff claimed she came to a stop. The defendant, who was driving behind the plaintiff, was not ...

Plaintiff, a 53-year-old woman, fell from a bar stool in the defendant’s furniture showroom when the rear leg of the chair collapsed due to a missing bolt. Liability was disputed. Plaintiff landed in a seated position on her back and ...

On Dec. 4, 2008, plaintiff was walking on the sidewalk in front of her house on her way to visit a friend. At the same time, defendant was backing up a county-owned van onto the sidewalk and struck the plaintiff, ...